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No. 752,335. PATENTE FER-16,1904.

' 'J. A. FOSTER. Y

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION IfIL'BD'KAR. 14, 1903.

.NO MODEL.

QWi/tvmma Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. FOSTER, OF BINGHAMTQN, NEW YORK.

' BOTTLE,

srEciFIcA'rIoN forming part r Letters Patent No. 752,335, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed March n, 1903.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, JAMES A. Fos'rER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottles, of which the following is a specification. v

The invention relates to improvements in bottles. V

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bottles and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction designed to be applied to bottles and analogous receptacles and capable of efiectually preventing the same from being refilled and resold as an original package.

The invention also has for itsobject to pm vide a device of this character in'which the receptacle may be filled and locked at any time 7 and which will permit the contents of the receptacle to flow freely from the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a non-refillable bottle or receptacle of this character in which the means for preventing a liquid from being introduced into the bottle or other receptacle will not interfere with the corking and sealing of the same.

Furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide a non-refillable receptacle having a cap adapted to be placed in position after the receptacle has received its original contents and to enable the locking means for securing the cap in place to be housed entirely within the same to prevent the cap from being unlocked by an instrument inserted in the neck of the receptacle. 7

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical seced in accordance with this invention.

tional view of a portion of a bottle construct- Serial No. 147 815. ,(No model.)

7 Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 31s a vertical sectional view onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the locking device.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. I v

1 designates a bottle provided with an outer neck 2 and having an inner neck 3, connected at itslower edges with the bottle and spaced from the outer neck to provide an intervening annular space for the reception of the sides of a cap 4:, which is fitted over the in ner neck to form a tortuous passage,.which will eifectually prevent a liquid from being introduced into the bottle in a suflicient quantity to refill the same. of any desired shape and may be constructed of any material, and the improvements herein shown and'described are applicable to jugs and all analogous receptacles having a neck.

The inner neck terminates short of the upper edges of the outer neck, and it may be joined to the bottle at the lower end of the said outer neck, as indicated in Fig. l of the drawings; but it may be disposed at any other desired point to adapt it to the character of receptacle to which the improvements are applied. The upper extended portion of the outer neck receives a cork or stopper 6 and may be provided with a cap or cover 7 of tin- The bottle may be foil or be sealed and wired in'the ordinary manner. 1

i The. cap 4, which is constructed of glass,

porcelain, or any other suitable material, may be'provided with the stamp or trade-mark of the-person using the bottles or be otherwise marked, and it extends a short distance above the upper edges of the inner neck, and it ter- -minates a short distance from the bottom of the intervening annular space between the necks 2 and 3 of the bottle. This provides a tortuous or circuitous passage for the contents of the bottle, and when the latter isinverted the liquid Will flow outward over the outer or upperedges of the inner neck and through the intervening space between the inner neck and the cap and thenoutward through the space between the cap and the outer neck. By holding the bottle in anap-' proximately horizontal position its entire contents may be readily decanted.

The cap is spaced from the inner neck and is supported in such position by a locking device 8, consisting of a series of inverted ap proximately V-shaped springs 9 and a connecting-band 10, which is preferably split, as shown at 11, to enable it to be readily applied to the inner neck.

Theinner neck is provided on its exterior; with an annular groove 12 to receivethe band or collar 10, which has its outer face flush with the adjacent faces of the inner neck when applied to the same, as shown in Fig. 1; but the springs may be applied tothe inner neck in any other desired manner and any other suitable locking mechanism may be employed, and, if desired, the same may be applied to the cap instead of to the neck. The inner sides of the inverted-V-shaped springs are extended beyond the outer sides to form shanks or attaching portions, which are secured to the outer face of the collar or band, and the outer sides of the springs are arranged to engage an annular shoulder 13 of the inner face of the, cap. The shoulder 13, which is'located between the ends of the walls or body .portion of the cap, preferably consists of a projecting rib, as sliown, but may be formed in any other desired manner, as will be readily understood. The springs which extend above the upper edges of the inner neck support the cap in its superimposed position with relation to the inner neck, and the outer resilient sides of the V -shaped springs by engaging the shoulder 13 elfectually prevent the cap from being removed in an unbroken condition.

The intervening spaces between the cap and the necks may be of any desired size to permit the necessary flow of the contents of av receptacle and to prevent the introduction of 4 means.

a liquid into the same. While it is possible to introduce a small amount of liquid into the bottle by partially immersing the samein'a vessel, yet it is impossible to refill it by such Also any attempt to introduce a liquid into the bottle by such means wouldsoil or injure the label to an extent that would enable the fraud to be readily detected.

After the bottle or other receptacle has received its original contents the cap is pressed down over the inner neck to the position illus: trated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. This will cause the locking device to engage automatically the shoulder on the interior of the cap, whereby the latter will be firmly held in po-' sition and will be effectually prevented from being removed in an unbroken condition.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described compris ing a receptacle having inner and outer necks of unequal length forming an intervening space closed at the bottom, the outer neck be- -ing extended beyond the inner one to receive a stopper, a superimposed cap fitted over the v inner neck and spaced from the, same, said cap being extended above the inner neck and ter- Ininating short of the bottom of the intervenin'g space between the necks to provide a tortuous'passage around the body portion of the ,cap, and locking mechanism located within the capifor holding the same in' place, substant'ially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle having inner and outer necks of unequal length forming an intervening space, the outer neck being extended beyond the inner neck to receive a stopper, a superimposed cap fitted over the inner neck and spaced from the same and from the outer neck, and locking means located within the cap and engaging the same and the inner neck and supporting the saidcap in its superimposed position, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a receptacle'having inner and outer necks of unequal length, the outer neck being extended beyond the inner neck to receive a stopper, a'cap arranged over the inner neck and spaced from the same and the outer neck,' and Ea locking device located between the inner neck and the cap and consisting of an approximately V-shaped spring applied to one of the parts and engaging the other, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class'described comprising a receptacle having inner and outer necks of unequal length, the outer neck being extended beyond the inner one to receivea stopper, a cap arranged over the inner neck and spaced from the same and from the outer neck and provided with an interior shoulder, and

Ta locking device located within the cap and consisting of a series of springsapplied tothe finner neck and extending above the same to for1n a support for the cap and engaging the shoulder of the latter, substantially as de- Iscribed.

I 5. A device of the class described comprisring a receptacle having inner and outer necks of unequal length, the outer neck being extended beyond the inner neck to receive a stopper, acap arranged over the inner neck and spaced from the same and from the outer neck, and alocking device interposed between the inner neck and the cap and composed of a collar or band interlocked with the inner neck, and a series of approximately inverted-V- shaped springs fixed to the collar or band and engaging the cap, substantially as described.

6. A device of the class described comprising'a receptacle having inner and outer necks of unequal length, the outer neck being ex- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as tended beyond the inner neck to receive a stopmy own I have hereto afiixed my signature in per, a cap fitted over the inner neck and spaced the presence of two witnesses.

from the same and from the outer neck to pro- J AMES A. FOSTER. 5 vide a tortuous passage, and means for auto- Witnesses:

matically locking the cap when the same is J OHN H. SIGGERS,

placed in position, substantially as described. GEORGE TATE. 

